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...proposition that U.S. forces would be "survivable and enduring." That is why General Jones is so concerned about protecting the U.S. command-and-control network from the disruptions of EMP. That is why there is an elaborate chain of command so that someone would always be empowered to transmit the "emergency
...fact, comsats, as they are known in space jargon, should continue to be Ariane's major and most lucrative cargo through the decade. Even at a cost of nearly $50 million apiece, excluding the launch fee, comsats can be a bargain, since they make it possible to transmit all sorts of information, from television pictures to computer data, to virtually any place on earth...
...member of the "institutional loop." Harvard could transmit programs from satellite feeds and from a small studio, Pandiscio said, adding universities could broadcast lectures and other programs...
...lavished on an extraordinary mammal. Weighing in at an average of 10 Ibs., the cat has a uniquely flexible backbone. When dropped from a height of less than one foot in an upside-down position, it will land on its paws in an incredible 1.8 sec. Its whiskers transmit complex information about its prey and surroundings to nerve bundles beneath the skin. According to one parapsychologist, the cat may even harbor a trace of E.S.P. A feline named Pooh, for example, who wandered off before the owners moved some 200 miles from Newnan, Ga., to a small town near Spartanburg...
...buys reports, statistics and doctoral dissertations from some 140 different corporations, universities and even the government. When using the service, a subscriber dials a toll-free 800 number and connects his telephone receiver to a coupler device that links his office computer to the DIALOG computer. He can then transmit queries and receive the answers within seconds. Cost for such services can run as high as $300 an hour, a sum that businesses can afford much more readily than the average individual...